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may be coming off the table as an essential for the obama administration. from house speaker nancy pelosi, gently reminding the president what he said in the past and also reminding him that all three versions of the house bill have the public option. others have gone a step further saying if you take it off the table you will not get a bill passed through the house. interesting note, too, there's actually a fundraising angle to this because overnight there's a website that put out a call identifying 65 members of congress who said they will stand firm behind the public option and saying, hey, let's raise money to support these guys. so they're definitely lining up into different camps and forcing democratic congress men and women to make a decision on where they stand. shepard: shannon on capitol hill in the middle of august when no news is supposed to be happening. here we are at a pivot point in the history of this nation. shannon, thank you. coming up, we are going to try it with the white house one more time. out of the kindest of his house, the deputy
may be coming off the table as an essential for the obama administration. from house speaker nancy pelosi, gently reminding the president what he said in the past and also reminding him that all three versions of the house bill have the public option. others have gone a step further saying if you take it off the table you will not get a bill passed through the house. interesting note, too, there's actually a fundraising angle to this because overnight there's a website that put out a call...
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what the administration will concede is that u.s. automakers only comprise 47% of current sales and that four of the five top models are produced by foreign automakers, three from toyota and one from honda. only ford among the big three here in the united states has a top seller in the top five. that's the ford focus. shepard: will this emergency funding for clunkers pass? do we have a sense from the senate? >> harry reid, the majority leader, came out and talked to us at the white house after a big luncheon with 57 democratic senators and the president here and said absolutely by week's end this will pass. $2 billion taken from the economic stimulus bill from an energy loan program, embedded deep in the economic stimulus so it's money already allocated but it is definite spending. and it's also clear senate republicans will not engage in a filibuster. they'll offer some amendments. but by week's end that $2 billion will be approved. shepard: major garrett at the yard at the white house, thank you. also from the white house today, ne
what the administration will concede is that u.s. automakers only comprise 47% of current sales and that four of the five top models are produced by foreign automakers, three from toyota and one from honda. only ford among the big three here in the united states has a top seller in the top five. that's the ford focus. shepard: will this emergency funding for clunkers pass? do we have a sense from the senate? >> harry reid, the majority leader, came out and talked to us at the white house...
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the administration's cost about health-care reform. there will be a meeting to try to keep both of those things on track tomorrow. supporters argue the program is the most effective stimulus money the government has spent. some dealers sold one month's worth of cars last week while they started setting up the deals early last month. critics say it is money the country simply does not have to spend. >> i think this is a great example of the stupidity coming out of washington right now. i think americans realize the numbers that we are throwing around do not work. we estimated this would cost $1 billion. now, they say we need $2 billion more. our children and grandchildren cannot afford to make these car dealers well right now. >> car dealers are posting their first monthly sales increases since the start of the recession. consumers are buying cars that get on average 60% better gas mileage than the ones they trade in. the white house says it is a win-win situation. >> it is good for consumers, dealers. you have seen for talk about their
the administration's cost about health-care reform. there will be a meeting to try to keep both of those things on track tomorrow. supporters argue the program is the most effective stimulus money the government has spent. some dealers sold one month's worth of cars last week while they started setting up the deals early last month. critics say it is money the country simply does not have to spend. >> i think this is a great example of the stupidity coming out of washington right now. i...
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it appears that the administration might be willing to compromise. major garrett is at the white house. first, shannon bream the public option has been key democrats' plan. >> you are absolutely right. you know the sunday shows are all important for getting a message out and floating an idea. yesterday, it was kathleen sebelius whose said that a public auction was not necessarily an essential element of the reform plan. we even heard the president at a town hall say, whether we get a public option or not, it is not the entire plan. both of them sound like they are backing away from the possibility that has stirred up some much controversy. shepard: they do not have the votes to keep the plant alive with the public option in play. >> absolutely. we heard from senator kent conrad as well. he is an important member. he is part of the gang of six, the bipartisan group of republicans and democrats who are trying to negotiate something out of the senate. >> the fact of the matter is, there are not the votes in the united states senate for the public option
it appears that the administration might be willing to compromise. major garrett is at the white house. first, shannon bream the public option has been key democrats' plan. >> you are absolutely right. you know the sunday shows are all important for getting a message out and floating an idea. yesterday, it was kathleen sebelius whose said that a public auction was not necessarily an essential element of the reform plan. we even heard the president at a town hall say, whether we get a...
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so you do two things if you're the administration. you pay for health care reform, deficit neutral in the short term, trying to bend that curbed so you bring that on sustainable trend is down to a sustainable level over the longer term. shepard: to critics, that sounds like compass polkas. >> well, i actually would -- i disagree with hocus puppis. i think it is widely excepted -- you can disagree with this -- is widely accepted that we need to reform our health-care system because it is not sustainable. shepard: everyone has different ideas. >> well, that is true. shepard: those who suggest that you cannot abandon this because the government, all programs always cost more than the government projected, to those people you would say, what? >> to those people -- i am reminded of the folks in the past that said things like "keep the government out of my medicare." that is a great example of an efficient, government run program. people think it is not run by the government. if you're looking at medicare and va hospitals, at the intersecti
so you do two things if you're the administration. you pay for health care reform, deficit neutral in the short term, trying to bend that curbed so you bring that on sustainable trend is down to a sustainable level over the longer term. shepard: to critics, that sounds like compass polkas. >> well, i actually would -- i disagree with hocus puppis. i think it is widely excepted -- you can disagree with this -- is widely accepted that we need to reform our health-care system because it is...
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. >> through the bush administration, the top three people at the transportation security administration had note security background whatsoever. that is like putting and accounted in charge of running the war in afghanistan. it makes the results pretty predictable. shepard: anyone who has ever been on the israeli airline knows what a real security check is all about. i wonder why it is that we cannot become proficient at this in the way the israelis have. >> it is not what they do, but their basic foundation, which is to look for threats. you cannot do a barbara walters interview with every passenger going home. you can look for threats and have contingency plans to address things that happened. we do not have that to the israelis do. we have not even started is. we're taking off our shoes and say hi, i am a guy. shepard: michael boyd, good to see you. thank you. hundreds of people leaving their homes and heading for shelters as a wildfire spreads through santa cruz, california. the fire has scorched 23,000 acres. it is threatening at least 250 homes or buildings. this is all in the san
. >> through the bush administration, the top three people at the transportation security administration had note security background whatsoever. that is like putting and accounted in charge of running the war in afghanistan. it makes the results pretty predictable. shepard: anyone who has ever been on the israeli airline knows what a real security check is all about. i wonder why it is that we cannot become proficient at this in the way the israelis have. >> it is not what they do,...
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i have been surprised that the administration does not talk more about the baby boomers who are about to need a lot of care that right now is not available, that something has to change and the status quo is not going to work. >> americans are not used to making a sacrifice, whether it is higher taxes or worse health care. the administration is realizing that they need to find a bogyman. that is insurance companies. they are in many ways becoming the new tobacco companies. shepard: one of the things that the white house has not been able to effectively do is draw some sort of parallel between this fear of the government between you and your doctor and the reality now of the insurance company between you and your doctor. they just have not put it all together. >> it is a confusing issue for many people, and these town halls have really shown that americans have a hard time understanding that this can be fixed possible with private insurance. at the end of the day, you are going to have to see at some level some compromise. i do not think obama is going to get what he wants right now. s
i have been surprised that the administration does not talk more about the baby boomers who are about to need a lot of care that right now is not available, that something has to change and the status quo is not going to work. >> americans are not used to making a sacrifice, whether it is higher taxes or worse health care. the administration is realizing that they need to find a bogyman. that is insurance companies. they are in many ways becoming the new tobacco companies. shepard: one of...
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that has hurt the administration's push to get support for their plan. earlier today, the president appeared on a radio talk-show broadcasting live from the white house. the president touched on his controversial government-run insurance proposal. >> let's make a public option 1 choice of many choices that are available to people who are joining the exchange. i see nothing wrong with potentially having that public option as one option for federal employees as well. the important thing that i have to make absolutely clear, no one would be obligated to choose the public option. gregg: so he says. the question now, can the president possibly sway lawmakers to have up until now fiercely opposed a public plan for a variety of reasons? major garrett is live with more on this. how hard did the president push for that public option today? >> oh, he pushed real hard. in one point of the interview, he said that this could be a non-profit public option. that sounds like a cooperative. that is one alternative. there are republican opponents to the public option and
that has hurt the administration's push to get support for their plan. earlier today, the president appeared on a radio talk-show broadcasting live from the white house. the president touched on his controversial government-run insurance proposal. >> let's make a public option 1 choice of many choices that are available to people who are joining the exchange. i see nothing wrong with potentially having that public option as one option for federal employees as well. the important thing...
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the decision to close the school will be left up to schools administrators on all local level. we have a school here in north carolina, and on thursday, 49 students called in sick, another 13 let home. since it is not flu season tactically, health officials are treating it as a swine flu and sending them home. they have decided to shut down schools as a precaution, and they will clean the school of the weekend, open that when students come back, the spread will stop. shepard: southern schools go back to school a lot earlier than in the northeast. i guess if they have serious problems down south going back to school in mount before kids up here do, that is where they will develop it. that is the testing ground. >> it is. they said, this is something we're watching that would probably will see going into the fall. officials said that vaccination is still the best defense. vaccines are not supposed to be available until october, and when they do, they will need at least two to be effective. shepard: great to see you. hope it is not a bad one. police say she was married for six mon
the decision to close the school will be left up to schools administrators on all local level. we have a school here in north carolina, and on thursday, 49 students called in sick, another 13 let home. since it is not flu season tactically, health officials are treating it as a swine flu and sending them home. they have decided to shut down schools as a precaution, and they will clean the school of the weekend, open that when students come back, the spread will stop. shepard: southern schools...
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he was interviewed wit, dick chy is slamming the obama administration. >> the approach of the obama administration should be to come to those people who were involved in that policy and say, how did you do it? instead, they are now threatening to disbar the lawyers who gave those legal opinions, threatening contrary to what the president originally said. shepard: investigating whether there is any kind of legal problem. >> the briefing just an hour ago, the white house press secretary suggested that mr. cheney had no idea what he was talking about. >> it is the same song and dance routine that we have heard since the first day of our administration. i do not have all lot to say. i think the vice president, if you watch some of these interviews, clearly had his facts on a number of things wrong. >> it is worth noting that robert gibbs did not offer a lot of specifics, except to claim that his predictions on foreign policy have not been very accurate. shepard: the former vice president is claiming that the obama administration is taking us back to what we call a pre- 9/11 mentality. >> that is one o
he was interviewed wit, dick chy is slamming the obama administration. >> the approach of the obama administration should be to come to those people who were involved in that policy and say, how did you do it? instead, they are now threatening to disbar the lawyers who gave those legal opinions, threatening contrary to what the president originally said. shepard: investigating whether there is any kind of legal problem. >> the briefing just an hour ago, the white house press...
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clearly the administration needs the perception that this is not only has the potential to work but is working because of the way they hyped expectations. police don't have -- people don't have a lot of patience. shepard: rick, great to see you. a pair of russian attack submarines cruising through the atlantic near american waters. not the cold war but about the most activity we have seen from the russian navy since that era. how now is the american military responding to russian subs off our waters? @=h9? shepard: caught a plane in paris after the engine of an airbus 320 caught fire. it was set to fly to a vacation seaport in spain. passengers say the blaze sent many of the people scrambling. doctors arrived to attend to eight passengers who were injured. police say their skin was chafed from the exit slides used to escape. some also treated for shock. the incident follows two airbus plane crashes on paris mrifligh in june. both went into the ocean and killed a total of 380 people. one expert says it hasn't happened in 15 years. the russian military posting a pair of attack submarine
clearly the administration needs the perception that this is not only has the potential to work but is working because of the way they hyped expectations. police don't have -- people don't have a lot of patience. shepard: rick, great to see you. a pair of russian attack submarines cruising through the atlantic near american waters. not the cold war but about the most activity we have seen from the russian navy since that era. how now is the american military responding to russian subs off our...
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this goes well beyond the notion of us using the state plan, or one-half less than another administration. it goes beyond selling a jet that you fly across the atlantic. it goes beyond using an assessment to live out of state because it was cheaper. as it turns out, as we begin to look at this, if people want to do serious reporting or investigations, they will be covering it. forget the cost of a first-class ticket or a private jet across the atlantic, turns out that folks are flying back and forth on the concorde from europe. turns out that members of the general assembly were flying and business class tickets. turns out that there was a longstanding practice of drop- off and pick-up when it came to items and other assets. it was not in the interest of the taxpayer. it turns out that they're using state money to go to a golf outings, weddings, and a host of other things. it needs to be looked at in that larger context. more than anything else, it was responsible for the other administration. it is wrong to try to rewrite history on that front. wrong given the constitutionally weak statu
this goes well beyond the notion of us using the state plan, or one-half less than another administration. it goes beyond selling a jet that you fly across the atlantic. it goes beyond using an assessment to live out of state because it was cheaper. as it turns out, as we begin to look at this, if people want to do serious reporting or investigations, they will be covering it. forget the cost of a first-class ticket or a private jet across the atlantic, turns out that folks are flying back and...
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white house might be reworking its strategy of marketing health care, even as the administration continues to say that nothing has changed. as an issue of morality rather than politics, the president is trying to repackage the debate. as proof of that, the president is holding a conference call with several religious leaders in an hour or so. as you know, the white house has had trouble keeping control of the debate, which has fiercely divided washington, if not the nation. robert gibbs said that the book is far from closed on health care. >> the argument is not over, the debate is not over, the legislative process is not over. shepard: so, it is not over. major garrett, live from the white house. major, it almost sounds like a tried and true republican strategy, appeal to the morals and values. shepard: -- >> the white house has done this before with the president, and what is more interesting about this development, the folks that he is going to be talking to on this religious conference call, they are on the left side of the aisle, if you will. he has not been able to appeal to them bef
white house might be reworking its strategy of marketing health care, even as the administration continues to say that nothing has changed. as an issue of morality rather than politics, the president is trying to repackage the debate. as proof of that, the president is holding a conference call with several religious leaders in an hour or so. as you know, the white house has had trouble keeping control of the debate, which has fiercely divided washington, if not the nation. robert gibbs said...
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administration, it was a different year. it does not matter if you have an r or a d after your name, they say this every few years, and then we fund it. >> what is different this time is truly because this health care crisis is going out of control. they have two major crises in front of them. one of them as health care. the next one is social security. they keep wanting to print money, but pretty soon, the money is not going to be printed anymore. shepard: so because we are not printing any more money, social security is going to go away? >> social security may not go away, but what seniors will see is they will see no cost of living adjustment, and what they will see is those paychecks, those monthly checks go down. it may not go away, but it will be like medicare where the benefits are cut every year. shepard: are you saying that an overhaul of the health-care system is urgent and must happen to keep social security from falling apart? >> is and must happen. we have to get costs down because seniors are being heard from e
administration, it was a different year. it does not matter if you have an r or a d after your name, they say this every few years, and then we fund it. >> what is different this time is truly because this health care crisis is going out of control. they have two major crises in front of them. one of them as health care. the next one is social security. they keep wanting to print money, but pretty soon, the money is not going to be printed anymore. shepard: so because we are not printing...
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when the previous administration passed the prescription drug bill, that was something in lot of seniors needed, prescription drug help. the price tag on that was hundreds of billions of dollars. it amuses me some times when i hear the opponents of health- care reform on the other side of the aisle yelling about how we cannot afford this, when max and i are actually proposing to pay for it and they pass something that we leave for future generations to pay in terms of debt. that does not make sense to me. i appreciate your question and be respectful way you asked it, and i believe in the constitution, too. so thank you very much. so thank you very much. next question. >> i lost my job helping struggling teenagers, and i would like to thank you for your funding to community health clinics. i now have a new job, helping mostly uninsured people with mental health problems. i'm a therapist. so i wanted to thank you for that. but there was a gap and there were i lost my insurance. i would like to ask you how you will help people with add gap when they are unemployed. >> the stimulus helps peo
when the previous administration passed the prescription drug bill, that was something in lot of seniors needed, prescription drug help. the price tag on that was hundreds of billions of dollars. it amuses me some times when i hear the opponents of health- care reform on the other side of the aisle yelling about how we cannot afford this, when max and i are actually proposing to pay for it and they pass something that we leave for future generations to pay in terms of debt. that does not make...
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for all the talk about death panels, this is currently being used by the veterans administration for end of life counseling with veterans, either young people returning after terrible injuries from iraq and afghanistan or older people knew the end of their life. some people are so concerned about the message being sent in this book, your life, your choice, they feel it coming on. one of them calls a "the death book." you'll hear about it on sunday. gregg: thank you very much. you can catch more of chris on sunday. he will be welcoming arlen specter and the republican from wisconsin, paul ryan. all right. his left foot mutilated by a roadside bomb in iraq. he chose to have amputated so he could get back into service. four years later, he is a runner, considered a top prospect for the 2012 parrot- olympics games. . . gregg: from soldier to sprinter. he lost his left leg in iraq after a roadside bomb shattered his foot. this is a photo of him at the time. doctors told him he could either have surgery can't be discharged or amputated. he told them to cut it off. that was four years ago.
for all the talk about death panels, this is currently being used by the veterans administration for end of life counseling with veterans, either young people returning after terrible injuries from iraq and afghanistan or older people knew the end of their life. some people are so concerned about the message being sent in this book, your life, your choice, they feel it coming on. one of them calls a "the death book." you'll hear about it on sunday. gregg: thank you very much. you can...